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In This Issue (11/9) 

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Radio Vision

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O Say Kane You See: Big Loud's Ashley Cooke (top) and RCA's Kane Brown at Audacy’s Folds of Honor benefit show, Stars and Strings, in Hollywood, FL. Pictured (top, l-r) are Audacy's Katie Neal and Tim Roberts, the label's Sarah Headley, Cooke, Audacy's Kelli Turner and Chad Fitzsimmons and the label's Lauren Thomas; (bottom, l-r) Folds of Honor's Steve Haworth and Hailey Cargile, Brown and Folds of Honor's Hadley Elsesser and Larry Robinson.

George-Birge111326.jpg 1 Mind On Hou: Black River's George Birge plays KILT/Houston's 10 Man Jam, which raised $150,000 for Folds of Honor. Pictured (l-r) are the station's Bruce Logan, Birge, Audacy's Katie Neal, the station's Chris Huff and the label's Kellie LaJack.
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Made You Lewk: River House/Warner/WAR’s Hudson Westbrook talks about embracing his personality and authenticity in songwriting in new album Made You Look with Apple Music Country's Kelleigh Bannen.

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When It Rains, It Boards: Leo33's Trey Pendley joins Mack Geiger at the Nashville Palace for the kickoff of the When It’s Pouring Tour last night (11/11) while the CRB board was in Nashville. Pictured (l-r) are the label's Katie Dean, Albright & O'Malley & Brenner's Kenny Jay, CRB's RJ Curtis, Pendley, KUZZ/Bakersfield's Brent Michaels, Cumulus' Travis Daily and the label's Chris Fabiani.

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Cadillac Smile: Big Loud Texas' Jake Worthington talks new music, touring and Sammy Kershaw with Big D & Bubba's Derek "Big D" Haskins, Jessica "Carsen" Humphreville and Sean "Bubba" Powell (l-r).

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Kicks It in the Sticks: WKXC/Augusta, GA's Chris O'Kelley (c) with Universal Music Canada/MCA/Core Records' Josh Ross, Black River's George Birge, Wheelhouse's Brantley Gilbert and Warner's Chase Matthew (l-r) at the station's Kicks Country 99 Guitar Pull.

Chris-Janson111126.jpg Fun And Dusted: Warner/Harpeth 60's Chris Janson (l) and David Lee Murphy (r) with Music Choice's Jim Murphy at the Grand Ole Opry, where Janson and Murphy debuted new single "Fun."
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Chris Lucas, The Cat, WYCT's Brent Lane, the duo's Preston Brust and the label's John Lessard and Mara Sidweber.
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EnterStellar: Atlantic Outpost's Stella Lefty (c) with the label's Sami Yaz, KSCS/Dallas' Al Farb and Mike Preston, and the label's Stephanie Hagerty (l-r).

Joe-Noto111026.jpg Signage: Singer-songwriter Joe Noto signs with Off Road Records. Pictured (l-r) are Off Road's Madison McCay and David Fanning, Noto, and the label's Jamie Graves and Becca Bradshaw.
Blake-Tyler111026.jpg Signage: Singer/songwriter Blake Tyler signs with ONErpm Nashville. Pictured (front, l-r) are Bow to Stern's Matt McClure, Tyler and ONErpm's Ryan Cunningham; (back, l-r) ONErpm's Lindsey Terry, attorney Scott Safford and Bow to Stern's Alex Kidd and Renee McClure.

Top Stories

George King Departs Westwood One
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Longtime Westwood One VP/GM, Network Formats George King is among those affected by this week's Cumulus layoffs (CAT 11/12). Cumulus is the parent company of Westwood One, where King worked for 12 years, rising from VP/Country Programming to his most recent role in 2019 (CAT 7/18/19). Prior career stops include Townsquare Media, where he served as OM/Western Region Brand Leader, and programming jobs with then-Clear Channel in San Antonio and WMZQ/Washington, DC. Reach him here.

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Cumulus Cuts Impact Country
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Cumulus WKHX/Atlanta PD Mike Moore has exited amid companywide cuts. He joined WKHX in 2019 (CAT 10/7/19) after more than 16 years with then-Entercom/Portland, where he rose to VPP and KWJJ PD. Prior programming posts include WSIX/Nashville, WWYZ/Hartford and WWKA/Orlando. Moore was inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame in 2024. Reach him here.

Other Country talent displaced in the layoffs include KATM/Modesto afternoon host Tony Randall and KSKS/Fresno morning co-host Joe Castelan. Randall joined KATM last year (CAT 11/20/25). Prior to that, while working with his then partner Kris Rochester, Randall did mornings at WIVK/Knoxville for nearly five years, with earlier stops at KSON/San Diego, KUSS/San Diego and national syndication via USRN. Castelan joined KSKS in 2023 as morning co-host with Kris Daniels (CAT 7/21/23), who is now solo in mornings. Before that, Castelan was Dir./Promotions and morning host at KATM, giving him a 10-year total run with Cumulus. Reach Randall here and Castelan here.

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October CDM Ratings
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Share To Compare: Here are select Nielsen Audio Continuous Diary Measurement (CDM) ratings for October 2026 (three-month rolling average, 7/23-10/14) compared with August and September. Ranks (in parentheses) are among subscribers. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are Persons 12+, Monday-Sunday, 6am-midnight.

Baton Rouge
(Market 78)

WYNK iHeartMedia
5.0 (2t) - 5.7 (1) - 5.6 (1)
WTGE Guaranty
Does not subscribe.

Louisville
(58)

WAMZ iHeartMedia
6.3 (2) - 5.8 (2) - 6.3 (2)
WQNU SummitMedia
3.6 (10) - 2.9 (10t) - 3.2 (10)
WRKA SummitMedia Cl. Country
3.2 (11) - 2.8 (12) - 2.7 (11)

New Orleans
(50)

WNOE iHeartMedia
6.4 (4) - 5.0 (4) - 4.7 (4)

Oklahoma City
(48)

KTST iHeartMedia
4.5 (2) - 4.4 (2) - 5.2 (2)
KXXY iHeartMedia Classic Country
2.8 (4) - 2.8 (5) - 2.6 (5)
KJKE
 Tyler
Does not subscribe.

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Inside This Issue: 

MC-Yay At Ryman Lunch
Disruption Junction
You Look Like You Love Me
The Day Ahead

 

 

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